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Tonga considers freedom of information rights

Monday, April 22, 2013 - 16:29
A Government who is afraid of the media is a government that is afraid of its people - everyone has the right to information and the government has accepted these rights to information, said the Acting Prime Minister Hon. Samiu Vaipulu today.
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Freedom of Information
Samiu Vaipulu
Regional Rights Resource Team
SPC
Tonga Ministry of Information
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Tonga's progress on Human Rights questioned by UN Working Group

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 15:08
A United Nations review conducted on the state of human rights in Tonga was completed on 25 January 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland, when Tonga’s Minister for Internal Affairs, Lord Vaea was questioned over women’s rights, police violence, establishing a national human rights institution, the living conditions of persons with disabilities and the reasons for Tonga’s failure to accede to numerous core international human rights instruments.
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human rights
UN
Lord Vaea
Women
CEDAW
Tonga Internal Affairs
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Sifa Tu'utafaiva, new Minister of Police and Revenue

Monday, February 4, 2013 - 16:30
In a Cabinet reshuffle over the weekend, the two portfolios of the Minister for Police, Prisons and Fire Services, and the Minister for Revenue Services, have been taken up by a new member of Cabinet, Siosifa Tu’utafaiva, the No. 6 Tongatapu People’s Representative to the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.
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Fe'ao Vakata
Minister for Police
Cabinet
Minister for Revenue Services
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Commonwealth training for Tongan officials and MPs

Friday, January 25, 2013 - 14:43
The Prime Minister announced at the end of a Government Retreat held in Vava’u from January 21-24 that an agreement in principle was reached with the Commonwealth Secretariat to provide training to improve the effectiveness of government officials and Members of Parliament.
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Government retreat
Vava'u
Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano
Commonwealth Secretariat
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China aircraft to provide cheaper "competition", says Tonga's Acting PM

Friday, January 18, 2013 - 16:35
Tonga’s Acting Prime Minister Hon Samiu Vaipulu said today that Government’s move to introduce two new aircraft from China to operate the domestic service is to provide competition and offer cheaper airfares. But it is unfortunate that Chathams Pacific has decided to cease its services on March 2.
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domestic services
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Chathams Pacific
Samiu Vaipulu

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